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Letter "Q" » quilts
«America is not like a blanket-one piece of unbroken cloth, the same color, the same texture, the same size. America is more like a quilt-many patches, many pieces, many colors, many sizes, all woven and held together by a common thread.»
Author: Jesse Jackson
(
Baptist Minister,
Civil-Rights Leader,
Politician)
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About:
America and Americans
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Keywords:
blanket,
blanketed,
blankets,
cloth,
cloths,
colors,
One Piece,
patched,
patches,
patching,
pieces,
piece of cloth,
quilt,
quilted,
quilts,
size,
sizes,
texture,
textures,
The Patch,
thread,
unbroken,
woven
«The radical right is so homophobic that they're blaming global warming on the AIDS quilt.»
Author: Dennis Miller
(
Actor,
Comedian)
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About:
Global Warming
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Keywords:
AIDS,
blaming,
global,
Global Warming,
homophobic,
quilt,
quilted,
quilts,
radical,
warming
«The white, the Hispanic, the black, the Arab, the Jew, the woman, the Native American, the small farmer, the businessperson, the environmentalist, the peace activist, the young, the old, the lesbian, the gay and the disabled make up the American quilt.»
Author: Jesse Jackson
(
Baptist Minister,
Civil-Rights Leader,
Politician)
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Keywords:
activist,
activists,
American elder,
Arab,
businessperson,
disable,
disabled,
environmentalist,
environmentalists,
farmer,
gay and,
Hispanic,
Jew,
native,
Native American,
quilt,
quilted,
quilts,
small farmer,
small white,
The Black,
the disabled
«People come out to see you perform and you've got to give them the best you have within you. The lives of most men are patchwork quilts. Or at best one matching outfit with a closet and laundry bag full of incongruous accumulations. A lifetime of training for just ten seconds.»
Author: Jesse Owens
(
Athlete)
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Keywords:
accumulations,
at best,
bag,
closet,
incongruous,
matching,
outfit,
outfits,
outfitted,
patchwork,
patchwork quilt,
quilt,
quilted,
quilts,
seconds,
Second Coming,
ten seconds,
The Second Coming
«A politician is the devil's quilted anvil; He fashions all sins on him, and the blows are never heard.»
«Use a make-up table with everything close at hand and don't rush; otherwise you'll look like a patchwork quilt.»